The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), organized a regional workshop about “Enhancing Early Warning Capabilities and Capacities for Food Safety” in the Near East and North Africa Region, at Abu Dhabi during 22 – 26 November, 2015. The regional workshop gathered all concerned parties from different ministries, as well as a group of professionals and high level experts in the fields of agri-food and Public Health, in addition to other national institutions and organizations, in order to introduce FAO’s early warning and emergency response planning on food safety (EMPRES), before launching a new guideline on enhancing the capacities and early warning capabilities in the field of food safety.